Maya Angelou "I never dared dream of a black president."
Maya Angelou, 1993
Changes Created By Maya Angelou:
Not only did Maya Angelou entertain others, but she changed other people's view point on how black women were treated over the years by the use of her literature. Without her poetry and all of her scripts, people all over the world would not have realized the hardships that black women had to go through. Maya Angelou had opened the eyes of many people. Even today, Angelou's works still continue to astonish people. Through several scripts and hundreds of stanzas, Angelou expresses her true feelings about discrimination against black people. By the use of vivid descriptions and amazing figurative language, Maya Angelou shows her readers what the true art of language is. Something else that Maya Angelou has changed is the course of history. She worked very close with Malcolm X and even Martin Luther King Jr. as part of the civil rights movement. If it wasn't for all of these people, then there would still be segregation. These are the kind of people that will never be followers, but will always be leaders. These are the kind of people that know right from wrong. And these are the kind of people that change our history, people, and world.
Maya Angelou in San Fransico, 1970
Time Line:
1928- Born in St. Louis Missouri on April 4, as Marguerite Ann Johnson. Her brother nicknamed her Maya.
1940- Graduated from Lafayette Country Training School (Stamps, Arkansas) with Honors
1944- Graduated from Mission High School
1944- Age 17, gives birth to son, Clyde; she didn't marry his father
1952- Married a man named Tosh Angelos in (1952 marriage ended).
1957- Appeared in an off-Broadway play (Calypso Heat Wave)
1961- Travels to London and Africa
1963 to 1966- Became assistant administrator of Music and Drama School (University of Ghana); employed by Ghanaian Broadcast Corp. and Ghanaian Times newspaper
1968- Writes and produces a ten-part PBS television series on African traditions in American life, Black, Blues, Black
1973- Marries Paul Du Feu; makes Broadway debut in Look Away; nominated for Tony Award for performance.
1980- Marriage to Paul Du Feu dissolved
1983- Honored with Matrix Award given by Women in Communication, Inc.
1988- Appears on Bill Moyers's PBS program "The Face of Evil"
1990-Receives Candace Award for the poem I Shall Not Be Moved
1993- Presents "On the Pulse of the Morning" at President Clinton's inauguration
1995- David Frost interview; reads "A Brave and Startling Truth" at 50th Anniversary of United Nations; gives a reading at Million Man March, Washington, D.C.; Angelou costarred in the motion picture How to Make an American Quilt.
Photostory
Song: "Sleep Away" By: Bob Acri
Life Doesn't Frighten Me By: Maya Angelou Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn't frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud Life doesn't frighten me at all
Mean old Mother Goose Lions on the loose They don't frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame On my counterpane That doesn't frighten me at all.
I go boo Make them shoo I make fun Way they run I won't cry So they fly I just smile They go wild
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Tough guys fight All alone at night Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Panthers in the park Strangers in the dark No, they don't frighten me at all.
That new classroom where Boys all pull my hair (Kissy little girls With their hair in curls) They don't frighten me at all.
Don't show me frogs and snakes And listen for my scream, If I'm afraid at all It's only in my dreams.
I've got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.
Life doesn't frighten me at all Not at all Not at all. Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Maya Angelou's Works:
Maya Angelou
Poems
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971)
Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975)
And Still I Rise (1978)
Poems: Maya Angelou (1986)
Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987)
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
On the Pulse of the Morning (1993)
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994)
A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
Autobiographies
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ( 1970)
Gather Together in My Name (1974)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976)
"Maya Angelou." Reference Library of American Women. Ed. Jennifer Mossman. Vol. 1. 20-21. Print.
Maya Angelou - Information, Facts, and Links." ENotes - Literature Study Guides, Lesson Plans, and More. Enotes. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://www.enotes.com/authors/maya-angelou>.
MAYA ANGELOU
By: Colleen, Jake, and AmbekaMaya Angelou "I never dared dream of a black president."
Changes Created By Maya Angelou:
Not only did Maya Angelou entertain others, but she changed other people's view point on how black women were treated over the years by the use of her literature. Without her poetry and all of her scripts, people all over the world would not have realized the hardships that black women had to go through. Maya Angelou had opened the eyes of many people. Even today, Angelou's works still continue to astonish people. Through several scripts and hundreds of stanzas, Angelou expresses her true feelings about discrimination against black people. By the use of vivid descriptions and amazing figurative language, Maya Angelou shows her readers what the true art of language is.Something else that Maya Angelou has changed is the course of history. She worked very close with Malcolm X and even Martin Luther King Jr. as part of the civil rights movement. If it wasn't for all of these people, then there would still be segregation. These are the kind of people that will never be followers, but will always be leaders. These are the kind of people that know right from wrong. And these are the kind of people that change our history, people, and world.
Time Line:
1928- Born in St. Louis Missouri on April 4, as Marguerite Ann Johnson. Her brother nicknamed her Maya.
1940- Graduated from Lafayette Country Training School (Stamps, Arkansas) with Honors
1944- Graduated from Mission High School
1944- Age 17, gives birth to son, Clyde; she didn't marry his father
1952- Married a man named Tosh Angelos in (1952 marriage ended).
1957- Appeared in an off-Broadway play (Calypso Heat Wave)
1961- Travels to London and Africa
1963 to 1966- Became assistant administrator of Music and Drama School (University of Ghana); employed by Ghanaian Broadcast Corp. and Ghanaian Times newspaper
1968- Writes and produces a ten-part PBS television series on African traditions in American life, Black, Blues, Black
1973- Marries Paul Du Feu; makes Broadway debut in Look Away; nominated for Tony Award for performance.
1980- Marriage to Paul Du Feu dissolved
1983- Honored with Matrix Award given by Women in Communication, Inc.
1988- Appears on Bill Moyers's PBS program "The Face of Evil"
1990-Receives Candace Award for the poem I Shall Not Be Moved
1993- Presents "On the Pulse of the Morning" at President Clinton's inauguration
1995- David Frost interview; reads "A Brave and Startling Truth" at 50th Anniversary of United Nations; gives a reading at Million Man March, Washington, D.C.; Angelou costarred in the motion picture How to Make an American Quilt.
Photostory
Song: "Sleep Away" By: Bob Acri
Life Doesn't Frighten Me By: Maya Angelou
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn't frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn't frighten me at all
Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don't frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn't frighten me at all.
I go boo
Make them shoo
I make fun
Way they run
I won't cry
So they fly
I just smile
They go wild
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Tough guys fight
All alone at night
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Panthers in the park
Strangers in the dark
No, they don't frighten me at all.
That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
(Kissy little girls
With their hair in curls)
They don't frighten me at all.
Don't show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It's only in my dreams.
I've got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.
Life doesn't frighten me at all
Not at all
Not at all.
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Maya Angelou's Works:
Poems
Autobiographies
Works Cited:
- Maya Angelou - Information, Facts, and Links." ENotes - Literature Study Guides, Lesson Plans, and More. Enotes. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://www.enotes.com/authors/maya-angelou>.